Wendy Sherman

We would not have agreed to an extension if we didn't believe we had made tangible progress and we did not see a path to a...

We believe strongly that any lifting of sanctions will require congressional legislative action.

We are a country that believes in press freedom.

The U.S. Government is dedicated to the return of Robert Levinson, and dual U.S. citizens Saeed Abedini, Amir Hekmati.

the problem--of course the Iranians know we will pass sanctions if they do not agree.

I think my skepticism is well rooted.

No deal is better than a bad deal.

the United States of America under this President, I believe under any President of the United States, will do whatever we need to do to ensure the security of Israel in the Middle East.

What I think it is important for all of us to remember--and I remind myself of this every day--is the reason that we are doing this is because, as unstable as the Middle East is today, an Iran with a nuclear weapon would be truly horrific…

I reject that as a choice. I believe that there are significant interim steps in between that lead us far from that ultimate conclusion.

We will only agree to an agreement that cuts off all of the pathways to a nuclear weapon.

the United States of America is uniquely positioned on most things in the world.

We will tie our sanctions relief to Iran's performance, only providing relief to Iran after it has taken verifiable steps as part of a comprehensive agreement.

There is absolutely no reason for such detentions whatsoever, and they do nothing, of course, to help create a climate that would make a nuclear negotiation successful.

We have made clear that we are calling on Iran to release Mr. Hekmati and Mr. Abedini.

As I have said, all of the sanctions that go to their acts of terrorism, their human rights abuses, their fomenting instability around the world, will remain in place and our commitment to Israel's security will continue.

We condemn Hamas' actions of raining rockets down on Israel. We condemn Iran's support for state-sponsored terrorism for acts of human rights.

We actually do not support such action, Congressman, and the reason is very simple.

I agree that the best road for Iran, from our perspective, is that they have no enrichment program whatsoever.

The ultimate goal of any negotiations is that Iran come into full compliance with U.N. Security Council resolutions.

There is no doubt in my mind that Iran understands the power and prerogatives of the United States Congress.

I and many others have urged that human rights be integrated with the talks on the nuclear issue with Iran.

Sanctions did not stop Iran's nuclear program. Sanctions brought Iran to the negotiating table.

Our goal all--of our goal is to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

All options have to be on the table should Iran attempt to continue its illicit nuclear program.